Zookeeper Risks Death Protecting His Animals From Blazing Inferno

This week a wildfire tore across Florida, forcing 7,000 residents to evacuate. Homes caught in the path of the blaze were destroyed, and when it kept burning for a second day the Ngala Wildlife Preserve in Tampa knew they had to evacuate as well.

But clearing out the zoo, which is home to more than 40 animals including camels, leopards and a giraffe, is not easy.

Donovan Smith, one of the zoo's owners, was busy overseeing the evacuation when the fire finally reached Ngala. While his life was threatened, he refused to run away and leave his animals behind, pulling off an animal rescue that's making headlines around the world.